I was thrilled to find out on Wednesday of last week, who is to blame for all of this economic mess. It's - Anastasia!
She was on Oprah with her fiance' asking financial advice from money guru Suze Orman. Could they afford the wedding of her dreams? Anastasia is about 25, very beautiful with a nice figure. Her finance' was this real average guy who kind of looked like a computer nerd. I didn't notice his figure - sorry.
Figuratively, both of these people are completely out of their mind. "The Big A" (Anastasia) wants her "dream wedding" about 50 grand worth, and he's thinking about 20 grand. They turned their figures over to Suze who was going to give them her advice. As we sit here, this dynamic duo already has more money going out than coming in each month, and plenty of debt. In fact, on national TV it was disclosed by Suze that Anastasia had about about an extra 20 grand of various debt that her fiance didn't know about till that moment. Awkward? You'd think so....but you would be wrong.
Anastasia giggled, made excuses, and he made excuses for her....blah blah. Look, I get that they were on TV, but come on! Suze stressed that HE should take a look at Anastasia's financial figures for a change, and really wonder how much truth she has told him. Sadly, neither one of them seemed to take Suze seriously. The figures were there right in front of them, and they just laughed through it.
Their figures are an example of what some of the problems are right now. Many think it's okay to spend money they don't have now, on stuff that really doesn't matter, and worry about it later. Plus I've got to wonder about the whole priority thing, but that's another blog for another day. But I will be honest with you, Anastasia made me mad!
As a nation, we're cleaning up after Anastasia right now. I want to stress too, I'm not talking about those who have troubles due to no fault of their own. I'm talking about Anastasia (The Big A) and those who chose to spend tons 'o cash they don't have at an alarming clip for no good reason other than "I deserve it." She even said that line to Oprah! You may even know an Anastasia.
These days we all need to watch our figures. Because in today's economic world, your figure is being watched more than ever. And you know, maybe someone watching your figure, is a good thing.
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Biggest problem is that there are very few people around who have first hand memories of the great depression. People don't remember that many of those who come before us had nothing and had to save up and pay cash for most of what they had, including their cars.
People also do not recall one of the bigger factors of the "great economy" that occurred during the Clinton administration. That was the dot com boom where people were putting their faith in blue sky. Now the government want us to put our faith in government bailouts. In other words, we should trust a lot of hot air.
Just too bad personal responsibility can't come into style.
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